"The Farthest Place": Social Boundaries in an Egyptian Desert Community
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Department
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Program
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Description
This ethnographic account of a conglomerate of Egyptian villages in the Western Desert, envisaged as a government project to resettle populations from the Nile Valley and Delta, looks at how Abu Minqar’s existence is contingent upon social and spatial networks that reach beyond the boundaries of the physical community. Through marriage, spatial distribution, and agricultural practices, social spaces become apparent and illustrate the unbounded nature of Abu Minqar and the role of various networks in constituting its everyday experiences of pasts, presents, and futures.
ISBN
9789774164095
Publication Date
Summer 2007
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
City
Cairo
Keywords
Community, Sociology, Egypt
Series
Cairo Papers in Social Science 30(2)
Disciplines
Anthropology | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Sociology
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Viscomi, J.
(2007). "The Farthest Place": Social Boundaries in an Egyptian Desert Community. American University in Cairo Press.
MLA Citation
Viscomi, Joseph.
"The Farthest Place": Social Boundaries in an Egyptian Desert Community. American University in Cairo Press, 2007.